Tan

#d5beaf

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for tan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Tan is a light orange with open warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #d5beaf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5beaf

RGB213, 190, 175

HSL24, 31%, 76%

HSV24, 18%, 84%

CMYK0%, 11%, 18%, 16%

Lab78.5, 5.74, 10.54

XYZ53.59, 54.07, 48.17

Decimal14007983

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4745 C

Shades of tan

#c9ab98 #bc9880 #b08569 #a17254 #896248 #72513c #5a402f #433023 #2c1f17 #140e0b

Tints of tan

#d9c4b6 #dcc9bd #e0cfc3 #e3d4ca #e7dad1 #ebdfd8 #eee5df #f2eae6 #f5f0ec #f9f5f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#afc6d5 Analogous#d5afb3 Analogous#d5d1af Triadic#afd5be Triadic#beafd5 Split complementary#afd5d1 Split complementary#afb3d5

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 18, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5beaf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 18 16

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 21 22

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #d5beaf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5beaf; }
.text { color: #d5beaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5beaf; }

How tan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Tan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d5beaf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5beaf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5beaf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around tan? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5beaf and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from tan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #d5beaf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.